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May Weekly One Liner Current Affairs Part 3
Every government exam including SBI PO, SBI Clerk, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, LIC, SSC, Railways, and other competitive exams, has general awareness / current affairs section.
The general awareness / current affairs section is a major deciding factor in competitive exams now-a-days.
We provide weekly one-liner current affairs for any forthcoming exam that contains a General Awareness section. You will get benefited from our weekly one-liner current affairs in all the upcoming examinations, as we cover most of the topics.
The weekly one-liner current affairs summarise the most important news from the previous week in one line.
We’ve provided the weekly one-liner current affairs below to assist you prepare for the general awareness / current affairs for upcoming examinations and stay updated on current events.
National News
- Skill India International Centre will be set up at Varanasi
- NITI Aayog launched National Data & Analytics Platform
- Amit Shah inaugurated National Cyber Forensic Laboratory in Hyderabad
- Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary in Rajasthan notified as 52nd tiger reserve of India
- India hosted key “SCO’s Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure” anti-terror meet
- Punjab Chief Minister launched ‘Lok Milni’ scheme for redressal of public complaints
- Kerala will launch India’s 1st state-owned OTT Platform named ‘CSpace’
- Tamil Nadu named Nanjarayan Tank as 17th bird sanctuary
- India overtook Germany to become 4th largest vehicle market
- Centre announced formation of Cotton Council of India under chairmanship of Suresh Bhai Kotak
- Assam Rifles inked MoU with Axis Bank and National Integrity and Educational Development Organisation (NIEDO) to establish Centre of Excellence and Wellness
- Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) Centre in Leh, Ladakh
- BRICs’ New Development Bank opened India’s regional office in Gujarat’s GIFT City
- Third Advance Estimates for Production of Major Crops 2021-22 released
- National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) approved Rs 660 crores Water Infrastructure Projects
- Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated North East Research Conclave 2022 at IIT-Guwahati
- Piyush Goyal will lead Indian delegation at the WEF in Davos
International News
- World’s longest suspension bridge “Sky Bridge 721” opened in Czech Republic
- Bhagwant Khuba delivered a keynote address on “India’s Solar Energy Market” at Intersolar Europe 2022
- Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan appointed new President of UAE
- Nepal & India signed six MoUs and agreements related to education and hydropower sectors
- England’s Kenton Cool became 1st foreigner to scale Mount Everest 16 times
- Hassan Sheikh Mohamud elected as new President of Somalia
- Elisabeth Borne appointed as prime minister of France
- World bank sanctioned USD 350 million for SRESTHA-G project of Gujarat
- Nirmala Sitharaman chaired 7th annual meeting of Board of Governors of NDB
- EAM S Jaishankar participated in BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting, hosted by China
- World’s 1st Urban Airport Pop-up ‘Air One’ for flying cars & drones opened in UK
- World Bank announced USD 30 billion fund for food security crisis
- World’s Highest Weather Station installed on Everest
- Anthony Albanese sworn in as Australia’s 31st PM
- Jose Ramos-Horta sworn in as president of East Timor
- India and Jordan signed MoU for cooperation in fertiliser sector
Banking and Financial
- RBI imposed 59 lakh penalty on KEB Hana Bank
- PAN, Aadhaar now mandatory for cash deposits, withdrawals above 20 lakh
- SpiceJet partnered with Axis Bank to launch co-branded credit card
- RBI restricted withdrawals from savings, current accounts of Shankarrao Pujari Nutan Nagari Sahakari Bank
- RBI permitted lending by Commercial Banks to NBFCs & SFBs to NBFC-MFIs, for the purpose of on-lending to priority sectors
- Adani Group to buy Ambuja Cements, ACC for $10.5 bn from Holcim
- WPI-based inflation in India rose to 3-decade high at 15.08% in April
- Frauds in PSBs declined by 51% to Rs 40,295 crores FY22
- Ruchi Soya acquired Patanjali Ayurveds Food Business for Rs 690 crores
- Emirates Telecom bought 9.8% stake in Vodafone for $4.4 billion
- PNB MetLife launched India’s 1st dental health insurance plan
- SEBI notified rules in order to strengthen regulatory framework for Collective Investment Scheme (CIS)
- S&P projected India’s growth forecast for FY23 to 7.3%
- RBL Bank tied up with Amazon Pay to offer UPI payment services
- UN projected India’s GDP growth at 6.4% in 2022-23
- RBI approved Rs 30,307 crores dividend payment to centre for FY22
- Paytm announced a JV ‘Paytm General Insurance Ltd’, plans to invest ₹950 crores in 10 years
- Phonepe will acquire wealth management platforms Wealthdesk & OpenQ
- India recorded all-time high FDI inflow of $83.57 bn in 2021-22
- IDBI Bank will sell 25% stake in Ageas Federal Life Insurance for Rs 580 crores
Appointment and Resignation
- Vijayalakshmi Swaminathan appointed as Chief People Officer of Pine Labs
- Rajiv Ranjan and Sitikantha Pattanaik appointed as the executive directors of the RBI
- SS Mundra appointed as Chairman of BSE Ltd
- Kamal Bawa elected to U.S. National Academy of Sciences
- B Govindarajan appointed as new CEO of Royal Enfield
- Naveen Srivastava appointed as new envoy to Nepal
- Sunil Arora appointed as non-executive chairman of Gram Unnati
- Gopal Vittal reappointed as MD and CEO of Bharti Airtel
- Anil Baijal resigned as Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
- Interglobe Aviation named Pieter Elbers as new CEO of IndiGo
- Aruna Singh given additional charge as CMD of RailTel Corporation of India Limited (RCIL)
- Salil Parekh re-appointed MD & CEO of Infosys
- Vijay Shekhar Sharma re-appointed as MD and CEO of Paytm
- IFS Vivek Kumar appointed as new Private Secretary to Prime Minister Modi
- PN Vasudevan stepped down as MD & CEO of Equitas Small Finance Bank
Awards
- Cameroonian activist Cécile Ndjebet won 2022 Wangari Maathai Forest Champions’ Award
- Ajay Piramal awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Wesley Morgan won William E. Colby award for his book ‘The Hardest Place’
- Geniusenergy Critical Innovation Pvt Ltd won the Start-up of the Year award at Amazon Smbhav Entrepreneurship Challenge 2022
- Anjali Pandey won CII EXCON Committed Leader Award
Defence
- Defence Minister inducted 2 indigenously built Frontline Warships INS Surat & INS Udaygiri into Indian Navy
- CSIR-NAL successfully completed engine relight test of India’s 1st indigenous trainer Aircraft HANSA-NG
- DRDO & Indian Navy successfully test-fired first indigenous naval anti-ship missile
- 4th India-Bangladesh Navy Bilateral CORPAT exercise commenced in Northern Bay of Bengal
Science
- Railway Ministry approved 8.34 crores collaborative project with IIT Madras on Hyperloop technology
Sports
- India beat Indonesia to won maiden Thomas Cup 2022
- South Korea defeated China to won Uber Cup 2022
- Italian Open 2022: Novak Djokovic & Iga Swiatek won men’s and women’s singles title
- 2021 Summer Deaflympics: India won 8 golds, 1 silver and 7 bronze; Ukraine topped
- Nikhat Zareen won gold in 52kg category at Women’s World Boxing Championships 2022
- Germany’s Eintracht Frankfurt won UEFA Europa Football League title
- Max Verstappen won Spanish Grand Prix 2022
- Odisha won 12th Hockey India Senior Women’s National Championship title 2022
- Manchester City won 2021-22 Premier League Football championship
Book and Author
- A new novel ‘A Place Called Home’, authored by Preeti Shenoy
Important day
- 16 May 2022 (Day of the Full Moon in the month of Vaisakh (April/May)): Buddha Purnima or Vesak Day
- 16 May: International Day of Light
- 16 May: International Day of Living Together in Peace
- 17 May: World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (Theme 2022: “Digital technologies for Older Persons and Healthy Ageing”.)
- 16 May 2022: Sikkim’s 47th statehood day
- 16 May: National Dengue Day
- 17 May: World Hypertension Day (Theme 2022: Measure Your Blood Pressure Accurately, Control It, Live Longer.)
- 18 May: World AIDS Vaccine Day
- 18 May: International Museum Day (Theme 2022: ‘The Power of Museums’.)
- 17 May: International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (Theme 2022: “Our Bodies, Our Lives, Our Rights”.)
- 20 May: World Bee Day (Theme 2022: ‘Bee Engaged: Celebrating the diversity of bees and beekeeping systems’)
- 20 May 2022 (third Friday of May): National Endangered Species Day (Theme 2022: “Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration”.)
- 20 May: World Metrology Day (Theme 2022: Metrology in the Digital Era.)
- 21 May: Anti-Terrorism Day
- 21 May: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
- 21 May: International Tea Day
- 21 May 2022 (third Saturday of May): US Armed Forces Day
- 22 May: International Day for Biological Diversity (Theme 2022: “Building a shared future for all life.”)
- 23 May: International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
Obituary
- Noted Sanskrit scholar Padma Shri Bhagirath Prasad Tripathi passed away
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